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Using Prayer in Drug Treatment Heals the Spirit

The faithful have always prayed to God for assistance in times of crisis and personal despair. With addiction comes a renewed need to restore our working relationship with God, and to better understand His will for our lives. We pray to God to better our ability to resist temptation by removing our shortcomings, and we pray to Him to guide us through recovery and to strengthen us in our battle against relapse.

Prayer heals the soul and gives us resolve and guidance

Although our prayers to God are personal in nature, using prayer
in this structured way has proven very effective for almost 100 years through
AA and other 12 steps programs, and a basic tenet of the 12 steps philosophy is
that human frailty will always lead back to abuse, and that only through prayer
with God can we better our lives with His help.

The level of Prayer inclusion in drug treatments will vary
with the treatment philosophy as employed, and prayer encouragement is not
limited to Christian or other organized religious frameworks. We pray to our
"God" as we understand and believe in Him, and we pray that He give
us strength and guidance, and allow us to live better lives in service of him.

Christian rehab environments will increase the use of prayer
in drug treatment, and will incorporate additional scripture study and prayer
sessions for better spiritual strength and understanding; and Christian rehabs
using prayer in drug treatment have proven very effective. Because we exist in
mind and body, but as well in spirit, a failure to treat the symptoms of any
part of our whole can lead us back to abuse. Prayer in drug treatment heals the
soul and gives us the resolve and guidance we need to stay away from drug or
alcohol abuse.